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Emmett Till
14-Year-old black kid was accused of whistling at a 21-year-old white woman and 2 white men took him from his home and gouged his eyes out, beat him to where u can't recognize him, then they put some spiky barbwire around his neck -
Little Rock
the law was passed to remove segregation 9 black girls were at first blocked by the national guard that the governor used but then the national guard guarded the girls under the orders of Eisenhower -
Civil rights act
Established civil rights section of judicial department and gave power to federal prosecutors